Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU76427

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20883

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable if all of the conditions are true:

• The application has Spring MVC auto-configuration enabled. This is the case by default if Spring MVC is on the classpath.
• The application makes use of Spring Boot's welcome page support, either static or templated.
• Your application is deployed behind a proxy which caches 404 responses.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions: 8.0.0 - 8.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7050933

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU80813

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4853

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to implemented HTTP security policies do not correctly sanitize certain character permutations, which may result in incorrect evaluation of permissions. A remote attacker can bypass the security policy altogether and gain unauthorized access to endpoints or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions: 8.0.0 - 8.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7050933

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU70122

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37599

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via the resourcePath variable to  interpolateName() function in interpolateName.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions: 8.0.0 - 8.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7050933

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU75561

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20860

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to an input validation error caused by using the wildcard ("**") as a pattern in Spring Security configuration with the mvcRequestMatcher, which creates a mismatch in pattern matching between Spring Security and Spring MVC. A remote attacker can bypass certain security restrictions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions: 8.0.0 - 8.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_business_automation_manager_open_editions:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7050933

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.